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Out west, the massive dixie fire in northern california has now grown to be the second largest in the states history. scorching more than 463,000 acres. it is currently the largest fire burning anywhere in the u.s. and its just 21% contained. now, its one of 107 active large fires currently burning across 15 mostly western states. more than 2 million acres have already burned. camilla, we always talk about numbers and scale and scope. can you tell me, how are the firefighters? how are the commun...

Everybody. and its throughout the whole county. greenvilles just the beginning of it all. >> reporter: yesterday governor gavin newsom was in greenville assessing some of the damage. utility pacific gas and electric says a tree pell on one of its power lines, possibly starting the fire that merged with the much larger six city fire. the dixie fire started in the same place as that devastating camp fire back in 2018. that blaze was sparked by pg&e equipment, it leveled the town of paradise killin...

Fires across the united states, 2.1 million acres burned already. so we have to get serious about climate change. we do that in the reconciliation bill with investments in the climate -- for example, climate core program president biden has announced his support of. i think those priorities are critically important. so, again, i think that these bills are on parallel tracks and i am confident that both of them will get to the presidents desk for his signature in short order. >> congressman negus...

(uplifting music) age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. >> as wildfires rage across the american west, a debate also raging, should authorities be working harder to contain them or let them take their course? there are now 107 large fires blazing that have burned more than 2 million acres in 14 states according to the national inner agency fire center or nifc, that brings the total to nearly 39,000 wildfires that have...

Shortage of officers amid funding cuts. police say one person is in custody as police continue to investigate. and in chicago, 44 people were shot and four killed as the city sees a rise in shooting incidents. 461 so far this year, thats compared to 402 at this time last year. but interesting to note, homicides slightly down, 105 in july of 2021, compared to 107 the same month in 2020. now, cpd superintendent david brown met with president biden in early july to address the rising crime and the ...

Has strongly criticised the london borough of lambeth for allowing the decades—long abuse of more than 700 children in five childrens homes. the report has been released in the last few minutes. lets speak to our home affairs correspondent tom symonds, whos been following the story. just tell us more about what this report says. just tell us more about what this report says-_ just tell us more about what this reort sa s. . .,, , , report says. the child abuse inquiry has been going _ report sa...

Misjudged and ill—advised. some football transfer news to bring you now, and manchester united have confirmed the signing of england internationaljadon sancho. the forward joins from german side borussia dortmund for £73 million on a five—year deal. he was part of the england squad that reached the final of euro 2020 that lost on penalties to italy. 0njoining united, sancho said it was a "dream come true and ijust cannot wait to perform in the premier league". son heung min has signed a new...

Welcome back to our special live coverage here this morning on cnn. jeff bezos and three other now astronauts just made a remarkable trip to the edges of space, the launch and the safe return of the "new shepard" marking a pivotal moment for the space industry. moments ago they tweeted out some stats from the mission. the mission took a total of 10:10 and a top speed of 2233 miles an hour. >> im zeroed in on 107 kilometers. that is key because i believe that is just above 62 miles which is seen ...

107% nationwide in last two weeks and some areas like la county have reinstated mask mandates while others in the san francisco bay area and southern nevada are pushing for msciing up again and meanwhile, the american academy of pediatrics wants everyone, older than two years old, vaccinated or not, to mask up. and fauci backs that guidance. >> when you have a degree of viral dynamics in the community, and you have a substantial proportion of the population that is unvaccinated, then you really ...

States and the district of columbia. in alabama, there is an urgent effort under way to get more people vaccinated. the state has the lowest percentage of vaccinations in the country. cnns natasha chen is in birmingham. natasha, school starts there in just a matter of weeks. what are people doing there to prepare for that? >> reporter: well, fred, its all about messaging right now. today, we are outside now of a vaccine clinic that happened at parker high schools gym. they just wrapped up. they ...